Translator: AnubisTL
The entire process vanished in the blink of an eye, disappearing as quickly as it had appeared.
But the withered world tree that had stood before them was gone. In its place now loomed a colossal world tree, its crown overflowing with lush, verdant foliage.
If the previous tree had nearly blotted out the sky, this one now completely eclipsed it.
Not a single ray of sunlight pierced through the dense canopy.
The area beneath the crown was noticeably darker than the surrounding areas.
However, the tree also shielded them from the sun's scorching heat, and a refreshing coolness instantly washed over them.
"It's beautiful..." Scar Dog murmured, his gaze drifting upward to the massive green canopy overhead. "It looks like a giant green hat."
Chen Jiang glanced at Scar Dog but remained silent, immediately turning his attention to preparing for the next task.
He had a long list of things to accomplish today, a mountain of tasks awaiting his attention.
With the world tree temporarily settled, they would likely remain here for the foreseeable future, barring any unforeseen circumstances.
As for the slave factory matters, those would have to wait. He had a more pressing matter at hand:
...
Chen Jiang pulled out 300 global speakers and placed them beside him.
Completing all three tiers of an achievement yielded substantial rewards.
Last time, after triggering all three tiers of the "Extreme Massacre" achievement, he received a two-star item, a three-star item, and a battle-ruined fragment.
The "Bloodstained White Shirt" and "Enhanced Space Bracelet" he wore were both rewards from that achievement.
In other words, completing all three tiers of an achievement virtually guaranteed a three-star item, a two-star item, and a battle-ruined fragment.
It also increased his Achievement Points on the achievement ranking.
These rewards far exceeded what 30,000 blood sacrifice points could buy.
This might have been the most cost-effective purchase he'd ever made at the Altar Shop.
Actually, everything he'd bought there seemed like a bargain.
Whether it was the filler one-star items, the silence button, the mother-child bullet energy cartridge, the heart of the insect hive, or the step tracker, each purchase had been worthwhile.
He hadn't regretted a single one.
Yet, in the next moment, he fell into deep thought.
How should he use these 300 global speakers?
What should he say?
If he really wanted to use them all up quickly, he could just type "." repeatedly until they were gone.
But that would be a blatant waste.
While his primary goal was to exhaust the global speakers to trigger an achievement, now that he had used them, he needed to make them count for something. He couldn't let them go to waste.
Should he use them to mock Feng Jiutian?
That would be too beneath him.
For a moment, Chen Jiang genuinely couldn't think of an effective way to use these 300 global speakers.
After pondering for a long time, he finally decided to just throw caution to the wind.
Thus:
[Global Speaker!]
[Human Player Chen Jiang: "Comrades, since we're all bored, let me recite a passage from the Dao De Jing to boost your spirits."]
[Global Speaker!]
[Human Player Chen Jiang: "The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. Nameless, it is the origin of heaven and earth; named, it is the mother of all things. Therefore, by dwelling in non-being, one may behold its mysteries; by dwelling in being, one may observe its manifestations. These two arise from the same source but differ in name, both being called profound. Profound upon profound, the gateway to all mysteries."]
[Global Speaker!]
[Human Player Chen Jiang: "Trustworthy words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustworthy. The good do not argue; those who argue are not good. The wise are not learned; the learned are not wise. The sage accumulates nothing; by giving to others, he enriches himself; by sharing with others, he increases his abundance. The way of heaven benefits without harming; the way of the sage acts without contention."]
[Global Speaker!]
[Human Player Chen Jiang: "..."]
It didn't take long.
Driven by Chen Jiang's reckless abandon, all 299 global speakers were quickly exhausted.
Earlier that day, during his remote conversation with Feng Jiutian, he had used another global speaker to subtly hint at the Blazing Sniper, bringing the total to exactly 300.
After using the 299th global speaker, a notification immediately sounded in Chen Jiang's ear:
[Congratulations, Player Chen Jiang, for using 300 global speakers in a single day!]
[You have achieved the highest-tier "All Eyes on Me" achievement, rewarding you with several items and 3 Achievement Points.]
[The "All Eyes on Me" achievement is divided into three tiers:]
[- Use 50 global speakers in a single day.]
[- Use 100 global speakers in a single day.]
[- Use 300 global speakers in a single day.]
This time, the notification wasn't a global announcement but a private message to Chen Jiang.
Does a global announcement only occur when all tiers of an achievement are completed for the first time? Chen Jiang mused, nodding thoughtfully. He didn't dwell on it, his eyes now gleaming with anticipation as he turned his attention to the achievement rewards.
The Dao De Jing had proven surprisingly concise; he had recited the entire text using only 82 speakers.
With over 200 speakers remaining, Chen Jiang recited the Book of Changes once more.
This could be considered a cultural invasion, introducing the ten thousand races to the traditional culture of the human race.
Assuming the alien races could even understand this stuff.
Unbeknownst to Chen Jiang, the ape-man Suville was currently gazing blankly at the sky, feeling strangely lightheaded.
He had just heard Chen Jiang's global speaker announcement.
Instantly, he pricked up his ears, leaped onto a tree branch, and listened intently.
After all, Chen Jiang was currently the human race's most prominent player.
Suville couldn't afford to miss Chen Jiang's global speaker announcements.
But what he hadn't anticipated was this:
Chen Jiang broadcast over 300 global speaker announcements in rapid succession. Every word was individually comprehensible, yet when strung together, they made no sense at all.
At first, Suville assumed it was some kind of coded message.
Chen Jiang must be using this method to transmit intelligence to human players.
But then he reconsidered.
If that were the case, wouldn't using human race horns be safer and more secure?
Why go to such lengths?
As he continued listening intently, Suville grew increasingly bewildered. For the first time, he began to doubt his own intelligence.
He stood frozen, gazing into the distance.
Because he understood virtually nothing.
Even worse off than Suville of the ape-man race was Dudu, the insect race player.
The language of the insect race consisted almost entirely of literal meanings, and the amount of information that could be conveyed through their speech was extremely limited.
When Chen Jiang's global speaker message was translated and appeared in Dudu's mind, not a single word carried any literal meaning. To him, it was all just noise!
This undefendable, soul-piercing noise attack nearly killed him.
Now, he lay weakly sprawled on a branch, his eyes blankly staring into the distance. Was this human player retaliating for his earlier declaration of war against Chen Jiang?
In that moment, apart from the human race, virtually no other alien race could understand a word of what Chen Jiang was saying.
Except for
Zhao Ritian.
Deep within a mountain valley, Zhao Ritian sat solemnly atop a slime, gazing at a nearby gathering of alien race players. With a resolute nod, he declared, "I understand now!"
"This means 'The heavens are dead, the yellow sky shall rise!'"
(End of the Chapter)
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